Chapter 49 – Chapter 4 – Old Ties
“This time, let’s learn about magic to prepare for attacks from all directions. The enemy can’t always be in front, and sometimes it’s a little more superior to defensive magic…”
Afternoon classes resumed.
Klaus stands at the podium and gives the lecture, while the cadets concentrate on the lecture.
The aristocratic cadets sitting in the back didn’t seem to be particularly interested, but at least they weren’t able to ruin the exam and tarnish the aristocrat’s name, so they were listening carefully.
“…”
The demon king, Julia Agnesa, who was sitting in a suitable seat and listening to the lecture.
Originally, she was an excellent student who devoted herself to the lecture more than anyone else in the combat magic class.
But now she couldn’t concentrate on the lecture at all.
“Kreung.”
A tiger beastman who stood behind and looked only at the back of Yulia’s head without looking anywhere else.
Those eyes were so cold and eerie that even though they weren’t looking at each other like they are now, Yulia could feel the clear hostility of the beast’s seal pouring down on her.
Not a student, not even a professor. He’s not even an academy-related figure.
Rather, that tiger-man standing behind can be seen as a person on the human side.
Those who came to the academy without even telling other races about what happened in the academy.
They were people who could have been involved in the terrible thing that Yulia could never forget.
Human aristocratic cadets tried to violate the Demon King, who had become irresistible.
If such a thing was known to the outside world, the human side could receive social rebuke not only from the demons, but also from fairies and beastmen who belonged to the Western Union.
If this incident were known, it would have caused quite a stir, but he had taken such a step.
‘… No Considering that they were targeting me, I can say that the possibility of that is very low.’
The things that happened before were obviously instigated by my uncle.
There was no way that there was no conversation with humans there, and there could have been some secret conversations with fairies as well.
In the first place, more than half of the demons were in my uncle’s hands, so there was hardly anyone to present a different opinion.
So, Julia herself harbored hostility towards that tiger beastman.
Even though he was a beastman, he went under a human aristocrat and looked like a beast licking his ass.
I’m sure I’ll take care of something, because I thought that I fell for that kind of temptation and became a pet of humans, throwing away all the honor that beastmen valued so much.
However, upon Klaus’ introduction, Julia let out a sigh.
At the same time, he could see why she was so hostile to him the moment they met.
‘Before the lecture begins, I will introduce the daily guest. This is Caela Tiger, my lieutenant during the Continental War. I’m going to stay here for a while for some reason, so you can pay attention to it for a while, then turn off your attention and focus on the lecture.’
He was Klaus’ adjutant during the Continental War.
A man who was called a war hero and devil of the south, and was looked upon with admiration even by his enemies, the demons.
It was Klaus’s most trusted subordinate.
Right away, the cadets showed a lot of interest in Kayla.
I heard that Klaus had many competent subordinates, but I never heard that there was a beastman among them, and it was because that beastman was the most powerful and proudest tiger beastman in the beastman society.
‘Kaela Tigger. Do you have anything to say to the cadets here?’
Kaela did not answer Klaus’ question.
She just let out a gurgling, disgruntled cry and lightly pulled the nails from her hands.
To Kayla’s reaction, Klaus said, ‘No. He seems to be telling me to lecture or work hard and listen again. In that sense, shall we begin the lecture now?” He said and began his lecture.
It has been like that ever since.
For well over an hour of the lecture, Kaela continued to stare at Yulia’s back of the head, not once looking away from her other cadets.
It’s like the feeling that if you spot your prey and find an opening, you’ll bite its neck.
‘What the hell is that woman doing like that! Isn’t she crazy?!’
No matter how much time passed, she didn’t even move, and Yulia was going crazy as she glared at herself.
Even if she tries hard to ignore the gaze and focus on her lecture, she is also a woman with her own skills.
Her senses were not blunted enough to ignore the young gaze of the enemy pouring from behind her.
More than anything else, it was almost impossible for her to ignore her eyes and live without knowing where and when she was targeting her.
The only lecture she was listening to of her own will and not her uncle’s compulsion.
And even though I used a method close to foul play, my own person I brought in with my own strength.
I didn’t want to show a lacking side in front of him, but Yulia kept getting in the way from behind, and now she was overburdened and getting angry.
“… Next time, following today’s lecture, we will learn how to attack in all directions rather than ending with defense.”
After that, Klaus announced the end of the lecture, and the cadets stood up one by one.
Klaus was the first to step out of the classroom, followed by Cecily, followed by Lire, who had been pointed out once during the lecture, with a frightened expression.
Natasha sat still as she watched the other cadets leave the classroom.
She went back to her Yulia in order to check the part of her that she had heard from Klaus earlier, and to gauge her own ability to handle her magical powers to some extent. I was thinking of asking for a sparring session.
Chin-.
But Natasha couldn’t do that.
When almost all of the students had left the classroom, Kaela, who had been standing still silently behind her, crept up to her and gave her a strong grip on the shoulder.
She was gripping her shoulders with such a strong grip that Natasha involuntarily frowned at her.
With a force that almost revealed her hostility, Natasha twisted her face and opened her mouth.
“Hey. What are you doing?”
“I want you to leave.”
“Yeah?”
“I have a story to tell, and you don’t have to listen.”
“Are you threatening me? Or are you asking?”
“…”
“No matter what, I am a cadet here at the academy. Conversely, you are an outsider. They are not even at the level of guests. If you’re going to threaten, get rid of it, and if you’re going to ask for a favor, be kind. Don’t tarnish his reputation by the fact that someone like you was Professor Klaus’s adjutant.”
“Do you have a positive evaluation of the Commander? You are a fairy.”
“Isn’t that obvious? Demon tribes also have a high regard for the professor, so why would the fairies, who are members of the Western Union, carelessly look at the professor? In moderation anyway…”
Kaela pulled Natasha out of her hands that were gripping her shoulders.
She and she stood up straight and she lowered her head slightly and opened her mouth.
“If you do, I will politely ask. I have a story to share with the demon woman over there, so please step aside.”
Suddenly she was Kayla, who said that in a very polite tone.
Natasha couldn’t help but put on a bewildered look when the tiger, which she was naturally delighted to see, had such a good opinion of Klaus.
“… I don’t know what to talk about, but please finish it quickly. I also have something to say to Cadet Yulia.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
What a strange woman yes, she muttered, and she left her classroom until Natasha.
Now, there were only two left in it, Yulia and Kaela.
Tumble-.
“…”
Julia put away her writing utensils and books, silently listening to the sound of her footsteps approaching her.
She had long expected that the woman who had been giving her such cold, sharp eyes throughout the lecture would do something like this.
She is the woman who was Klaus’s lieutenant, and although she seemed to have a warped relationship with him, it seems that her intense hostility to the demons has not changed.
Didn’t she mockingly say, “His Highness the Demon King” In a tone full of mockery when we met just a while ago?
‘Are you going to fight? At the academy?’
Of course, at the Continental Academy, combat is absolutely prohibited unless it is for educational purposes.
If we start fighting while boasting of our superiority in a place created for the sake of peace on the continent, it is certain that the flames will spread to all directions in an instant and eventually burn everything that barely happened.
The cadets could use the excuse of sparring as an excuse to fight, but the situation is completely different now.
Unlike herself, a full-time cadet at the academy, this prisoner named Caela is nothing.
An outsider, a person on the human side, a complete stranger who has nothing to do with the academy.
In this situation, what if the woman attacked herself? This was a problem that could bring it right to the brink of war.
‘Please don’t do that. Then no. You know! If you do something like that here, the academy will be the academy, but Professor Klaus, who was your superior, will be in trouble!’
While biting her lips in her nervousness, Yulia tried hard to maintain a calm appearance on the outside.
No matter what she was, she herself was the Demon King, the head of her eastern demon tribe, so she couldn’t show her nervousness in front of a beast person.
But she couldn’t help but worry.
Above all, looking back on her previous situation, contrary to Klaus’ explanation that she, Kaella, was that woman, her own lieutenant, she did not show any signs of being happy with Klaus.
She even thought that maybe she was trying to damage Klaus’s reputation by causing a big incident in the same way as seeing the enemy.
“Demon King Julia Agnesa.”
At the sound of her voice calling her own, Yulia raised her head, ready to energize her at any moment.
Standing there stood a tiger beastman, Caella Tigger, with her eyes shining bright and looking as if she was about to brandish her claws and show her fangs.
“…”
“…”
A stifling silence continued.
Winning or losing is not the problem, but fighting itself is the problem.
I hope my prediction is wrong, but looking at those eyes, it seems like a vain hope.
Looking at Kayla, who kept glaring at her, Yulia couldn’t help but think about whether I could subdue this woman without killing her.
The other person was the adjutant of that Klaus, a man called the ‘Devil of the South’ by the demons.
There’s no way that Klaus could have put an unqualified person next to him, and there must be something.
In addition, Kaela is a tiger beastman who is said to be the strongest among beastmen.
Didn’t that Natasha grab her by the shoulder just a moment ago, and in a sharp voice she shot at her in pain and pride!
‘Can I win? Even if I win, will I be able to subdue them without making a fuss?’
Kayla is a veteran of the fierce battles of the southern front, tempered by countless battles in the Continental War.
She never thinks she’s weak, but her experience in the field can’t be ignored.
Knowing that well, Yulia prepared for battle even considering the worst situation.
In the unlikely event that Kaela runs in, she immediately deploys her magic, and after opening up the distance…
“I apologize for my rudeness earlier.”
“… ?”
For a moment, she wondered if she had heard something wrong.
Beastmen are a race that is said to rival fairies in terms of pride.
In addition, he is the demon king, the lord of the demons who fought bloody battles with the beastmen.
Klaus, her superior, also passed the test of death several times while fighting the demons.
She took the hostility she had shown her for granted, and even now, if her opponent attacked, she would try to calm her down by wasting her time somehow.
“I have heard all the stories. I heard that the commander held the hand of His Majesty the Demon King.”
“Uh, yes… Glad to hear from you… To? No, Professor Klaus told that story? To you?”
Didn’t he decide to keep it a secret from others that he held hands with him?
How did the woman who had been hostile to Klaus even before, know the story, and why did Klaus tell the lieutenant who seemed to have betrayed him…
‘Ah.’
Yulia noticed her and let out a sigh.
There’s no way that Klaus made a mistake, and there’s no way he couldn’t tell who to trust and who not to believe. If so, there was only one possibility left.
“Professor Klaus seems to have warned you in advance.”
At that, Kayla nodded her head slowly, still expressionless.
Klaus had given his cat, no tiger, a new order.
